Deduction of the Constitutive Possibility of Reason in the Domain of Morality
Deduction of the Constitutive Possibility of Reason in the Domain of Morality

Summary/Abstract: The stake of the critical effort found in the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is establishing and justifying what Kant labels the supreme principle of morality. In this aspect, it is surprising to notice that Kant continues to describe the supreme principle by no less than five formulas, without fixing the system of relations they are enlisted in or the rapport they have with the categorical imperative. This is the catalyst for Emilian Mihailov’s book Arhitectonica Moralității (The Architectonic of Morality) published by Paralela 45 in 2017. Localizing these formulas and enlisting them into a system of relations presents itself as Mihailov’s main effort. The central promise of this effort is, foremost, justifying the possibility that reason can be constitutive in the field of morality, or, more precise, the very legitimacy of an architectonic of morality, and secondly, reinterpreting the formulas of the categorical imperative in light on this theoretical framework.

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